NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS CONJUNCTIVITIS INDUCED IN HUMAN SUBJECTS EXPERIMENTALLY

Abstract

Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is the cause of a specific epizootic infection among fowl (avian pseudo-plague, or avian pneumoencephalitis) can give rise to conjunctival inflammation in man, sometimes accompanied by light general symptoms. The experiments studied the transmissibility to man of NDV cultivated in chicken embryos. A vial of allantoic fluid from chicken embryos infected with the virus was deposited on the mucosa of the conjunctival fornix of the left eye of each of five volunteer subjects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 1965
Accession Number
AD0838803

Entities

People

  • B. Latte
  • G. Pino

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animal Diseases
  • Cell Count
  • Cells
  • Cellular Structures
  • Conjunctival Diseases
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Epithelial Cells
  • Eye
  • Hematologic Tests
  • Infection
  • Inflammation
  • Italian Language
  • Medical Personnel
  • United States
  • Wound Infections
  • Wounds And Injuries

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Medicine

Readers

  • Immunology
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).